On Boxing: Critical Interventions in the Bittersweet Science

ISBN-13: 9781032018898 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 94 str.

Joseph D. Lewandowski

Opis

This book is a philosophical and cultural critique of contemporary boxing. It broadens and deepens our understanding of the empirically and normatively entwined complexities of a sport that is often misunderstood and all too easily reduced to stereotypes.

Spis treści

Introduction,  Part I: Boxing and Culture,  1. Boxing and Urban Culture,  2. Pugilistic Selfhood and Structural Violence,  3. Boxer Cool,  4. Boxing and Social Capital?,  5. The Marginality of Urban Boxing Clubs,  Part II: Boxing and Philosophy,  6. Outline of a Constraint Theory of Sport,  7. Boxing as the Bittersweet Science of Constraints,  8. Combat Sport Violence and Sparring,  9. Fight Plan Aesthetics,  10. Cornerman Ethics,  Conclusion

O autorze

Joseph D Lewandowski is a writer, researcher, educator, and avid pugilist. A former holder of the Fulbright Masaryk Distinguished Chair in Social Studies, he currently serves as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Missouri, USA.